Ok - so just when you think that the scenery can't get any better it goes and bites you on the bum!
Today we went up to Arthur's Pass which is North of Christchurch nearly 4,000 feet up into the Southern Alps. This is where lots of Lord of the Rings was filmed - but then where ever you go in NZ most of it has appeared in Lord of the Rings Trilogy at some point. The forecasted snow was just sleet and only lasted for a few minutes. It took us 3 hours to drive up to Arthur's Pass, which is a one horse township, if you have ever seen Northern Exposure - you've seen Arthur's Pass!
In NZ they have a wild parrot called a Kea - supposedly an elusive little b*gger! Well as you can see we came across several in Arthur's Pass sabotaging people's cars! If you've seen raccoons rumaging in bins then just transpose them to big parrots the size of chickens and you have the Kea. Upon leaving the cafe after lunch Nigel fixed some left over chips to the roof of Mike's car - unfortunately they had all done a runner - but the chips didn't despite a 3 hour drive, sleet and driving rain the chips remain!
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